Illustrator Drop Shadow Offset

I want to move a drop shadow to the left rather than the right. In Illustrator CS 5 I would enter a negative value in the offset boxes. In Illustrator CS6 and CC, the app won't let me put in a negative number. Is this an error or is there a new way to move the offset?

You should be able to enter a negative. Try resetting your preferences, and check if you have any nonstandard plug ins?

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